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GoCardless

YC S11 ↗

London, GB · Founded 2011 · 900 employees · 9 known investors

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GoCardless provides bank payment collection and open banking data access services. The platform enables businesses to collect domestic and international payments via bank accounts and securely access customer bank account data across 2,300+ banks in the UK and Europe.

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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S11)

HTHiroki Takeuchi
Hiroki TakeuchiinFounder/CEO
TBTom Blomfield
Tom Blomfieldin𝕏Founder

Investors · 9

Balnord Sp. z o.o.Luxembourg · $550K – $3.3M
Change VenturesTallinn · $108K – $540K
Notion CapitalLondon · $1M – $100M
Nyca PartnersNew York · $1M – $10M
Salica InvestmentsLondon
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
ACE & CompanyreportedNew Yorkvia Sherif El Halwagy · inferred
AFG Partnersreported
National Grid PartnersreportedLos Gatos

Companies House · registry record

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Registered name
GOCARDLESS LTD
Company number
07495895
Status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
17 Jan 2011
Registered office
Sutton Yard, 65 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7EN
Nature of business (SIC)
62090 — Other information technology service activities
Previous names
GROUPAY LIMITED (2011–2011)
Accounts
last made up to 30 Jun 2025 · next due 31 Mar 2027
Confirmation statement
last made up to 31 Dec 2025 · next due 14 Jan 2027

Current officers · 3

  • Hiroki James Takeuchi — secretary, appointed 1 Mar 2015
  • Catherine Birkett — director, appointed 16 Aug 2023
  • Hiroki James Takeuchi — director, appointed 17 Jan 2011

Source: Companies House public register · retrieved 24 Jul 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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